scholarly journals The Influence of Thin Nickel Coatings on the Goss-Texture Development in Iron–3% Silicon

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 187-202
Author(s):  
P. Gangli ◽  
K. Lücke
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Final Anneal ◽  
Texture Development ◽  
Goss Texture ◽  
Electrical Steels ◽  
Nickel Coatings ◽  
Precipitation Characteristics ◽  
Thin Nickel

Microstructure and texture (ODF) investigations were carried out on Fe–3% Si electrical steels with different C, MnS and AlN content (CGO and HGO quality). The main result was that by a thin (0.25 μm) Ni layer on the sheet surfaces produced by electroplating before the final anneal the starting temperature of discontinuous grain growth could be decreased and the Goss texture could be sharpened. This effect was influenced by the heating rate and disappeared after decarburization. It is caused by the diffusion of Ni along the grain boundaries by which the segregation and precipitation characteristics of elements like C, N, S, is changed.

scholarly journals Secondary Recrystallization Goss Texture Development in a Binary Fe81Ga19 Sheet Induced by Inherent Grain Boundary Mobility

Metals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1254
Author(s):  
Zhenghua He ◽  
Yuhui Sha ◽  
Ning Shan ◽  
Yongkuang Gao ◽  
Fan Lei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Misorientation Angle ◽  
Secondary Recrystallization ◽  
Angle Distribution ◽  
Boundary Mobility ◽  
Goss Texture ◽  
Grain Boundary Mobility ◽  
Misorientation Angle Distribution

Secondary recrystallization Goss texture was efficiently achieved in rolled, binary Fe81Ga19 alloy sheets without the traditional dependence on inhibitors and the surface energy effect. The development of abnormal grain growth (AGG) of Goss grains was analyzed by quasi-situ electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The special primary recrystallization texture with strong {112}–{111}<110> and weak Goss texture provides the inherent pinning effect for normal grain growth by a large number of low angle grain boundaries (<15°) and very high angle grain boundaries (>45°) according to the calculation of misorientation angle distribution. The evolution of grain orientation and grain boundary characteristic indicates that the higher fraction of high energy grain boundaries (20–45°) around primary Goss grains supplies a relative advantage in grain boundary mobility from 950 °C to 1000 °C. The secondary recrystallization in binary Fe81Ga19 alloy is realized in terms of the controllable grain boundary mobility difference between Goss and matrix grains, coupled with the orientation and misorientation angle distribution of adjacent matrix grains.

Recrystallisation, Grain Growth and Texture Evolution in Nonoriented Electrical Steels

2007 ◽  
Vol 558-559 ◽  
pp. 657-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong Tae Park ◽  
Jae Kwan Kim ◽  
Jerzy A. Szpunar
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Texture Evolution ◽  
Size Control ◽  
Goss Texture ◽  
Final Annealing ◽  
Electrical Steels ◽  
Grain Size Control ◽  
Specific Orientation

The magnetic properties of nonoriented electrical steels are influenced by grain size and texture of final products. The key technology in the commercial production of nonoriented electrical steels is to grow grains with {hk0}<001> texture up to the optimum size in the final annealing process. The problems related to grain size control have been extensively investigated, while texture control has received much less attention. Therefore, there is enough room to improve the magnetic properties through the control of texture. In this study, systematic investigations on the texture evolution during both recrystallization and grain growth have been made. The formation of recrystallization texture is explained by oriented nucleation. This is supported by the fact that the area fraction of nuclei or recrystallized grains with specific orientation to all new grains remains almost constant during the progress of recrystallization. Most nuclei have a high misorientation angle of 25∼55° with the surrounding deformed matrices. During the progress of grain growth, the Goss texture component continues to decrease because the Goss grains have a high percentage of low angle, low mobility grain boundaries. The grains of Goss orientation have a smaller grain size than those of random orientation.

Correlation between Texture at Primary Recrystallized State and Magnetic Properties in Grain Oriented Electrical Steels

2011 ◽  
Vol 702-703 ◽  
pp. 726-729
Author(s):  
Jong Tae Park ◽  
Hyung Don Joo ◽  
Dae Hyun Song ◽  
Kyung Jun Ko ◽  
No Jin Park
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Core Loss ◽  
Secondary Recrystallization ◽  
Magnetic Flux Density ◽  
Recrystallization Annealing ◽  
Goss Texture ◽  
Electrical Steels

Desirable magnetic properties for grain oriented electrical steels are low core loss and high magnetic flux density. These properties are closely related with sharpness of {110} texture. This Goss texture develops by abnormal grain growth during secondary recrystallization annealing. Based on experimental results, a general suggestion which estimates the magnetic properties after completion of secondary recrystallization from a primary recrystallized texture can be proposed. For a material to have better magnetic properties after completion of secondary recrystallization, it should have a primary recrystallized texture in which there are not only large number of ideal Goss grains, but also lower frequency of low angle grain boundary around those Goss grains.

scholarly journals Kinetics of Austenite Grain Growth during a Continuous Heating of a Niobium Microalloyed Steel

2004 ◽  
Vol 467-470 ◽  
pp. 929-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
David San Martín ◽  
Francisca García Caballero ◽  
Carlos Capdevila ◽  
C. Carcía de Andrés
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Continuous Heating ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Austenite Grain Size ◽  
Austenite Grain ◽  
Average Grain Size ◽  
The Matrix

Grain growth is a thermally activated process in which the average grain size increases as temperature and time increases. The driving force for grain growth results from the decrease in the free energy associated with the reduction in total grain boundary energy. There are several known factors that influence the migration of grain boundaries such as second phase particles precipitated in the matrix and the solute elements segregated at grain boundaries. The austenite grain boundaries are revealed using the thermal etching method. Carbon extraction replicas were prepared to determine the composition and size of precipitates present in the matrix. In this work, the evolution of the average prior austenite grain size (PAGS) of a low carbon steel microalloyed with niobium is studied as a function of temperature and heating rate. Austenite grains show a two-stage growth. It has been found that as heating rate increases, the grain coarsening temperature (TGC) increases and the grain size at that temperature decreases. TGC temperature lies around 40-60°C below the temperature for complete dissolution of carbonitrides (TDISS).

scholarly journals Microstructure and Microtexture Development in Grain Oriented Electrical Steel

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Ali Nadoum
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Electrical Steel ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Rolling Direction ◽  
Magnetic Domain ◽  
Abnormal Grain Growth ◽  
Heat Flow Direction

The first Si-Fe electrical steel was produced in 1905, and the grain-oriented steel was discovered in 1930 after Goss demonstrated how optimal combinations of heat treatment and cold rolling could produce a texture giving Si-Fe strip good magnetic properties when magnetised along its rolling direction. This technology has reduced the power loss in transformers greatly and remains the basis of the manufacturing process today. Since then, many postulations reported on the mechanism on abnormal grain growth (AGG) which is the key for Si-Fe superior magnetic properties. However, none have provided a concrete understanding of this phenomenon. Identifying and classifying the driving force behind Goss abnormal grain growth is of industrial and academic importance to further optimise the manufacturing process and reduce losses. In the current investigation, the deviation from easy magnetisation direction <001> was studied to find a correlation between crystallographic orientation and magnetic domain structure. Both deviation angles α: the angle between <001> and in-plane rolling direction (RD), and β: the angle between <001> and out-plane rolling direction were calculated using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) raw data. Further, EBSD combined with forescatter detector (FSD) is used to reveal the magnetic domain configuration within individual oriented grains. The magnetic domain patterns were directly imaged and correlated to the crystal orientation and α and β deviation angles. It was demonstrated that the size of the deviated orientation grains from ideal (110) <001> Goss orientation is a critical microtexture parameter for the optimisation of magnetic property. It is concluded that the magnetic domain patterns and α and β angle of deviations are strongly correlated to the magnetic losses in GOES (grain oriented electrical steel).Furthermore, the effect of grain boundaries, grain size, heating rate and dislocation density on Goss abnormal grain growth was investigated using EBSD. It was found that in the early stages of secondary recrystallisation random grains grow and abnormal growth of Goss achieved in low heating rate. The advantage of Goss abnormal grain growth in secondary recrystallisation is lost while annealing at a high heating rate, and random orientation can grow abnormally. Also, statistical analysis of grain boundaries, including CSL (coincident site lattice), shows no distinct behaviour and high angle grain boundaries and CSL are not exclusive to Goss oriented grains. In addition, GND (geometrically necessary dislocation) and Taylor Factor showed to be randomly distributed around Goss grains, and the hypothesis of Goss grains grow by consuming high GND and Taylor Factor grains cannot be the reason for Goss abnormal grain growth. Neutron diffraction experiment was conducted at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, ISIS facility at Oxford, UK using GEM beamline. It was demonstrated that Si atom positions in the solid solution disorder α-Fe cubic unit cell that cause lattice distortions and BCC symmetry reduction is the most influential factor in early stages of Goss AGG than what was previously thought to be dislocation related stored energy, grain boundary characteristics and grain size/orientation advantages. Finally, heat flux, heat flow direction, and strain effect on Goss abnormal grain growth investigated. It was found that heat flow direction greatly impacts the rate of abnormal grain growth of Goss. Also, strain areas can disrupt Goss AGG and promotes randomly oriented grains to grow abnormally.

Abnormal Grain Growth and Texture Development

2005 ◽  
Vol 495-497 ◽  
pp. 1171-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony D. Rollett
Keyword(s):  
Grain Boundary ◽  
Grain Growth ◽  
Abnormal Grain Growth ◽  
Polycrystalline Materials ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Goss Texture ◽  
Electrical Steels ◽  
Second Phase Particles ◽  
Euler Space ◽  
Boundary Properties

A theory for abnormal grain growth (AGG) in polycrystalline materials is revisited and extended in order to predict AGG in textured polycrystals. The motivation for the work is to improve our understanding of the origins of the Goss texture component, {110}<001>, during annealing of Fe-Si sheet. Since the AGG phenomenon in grain-oriented electrical steels is known to be dependent on the presence of a dispersion of fine second phase particles, the grain boundary properties are treated as representative of the homogenized behavior of the material, and not necessarily the properties that would be measured directly. The predictions of AGG are presented in the form of maps in Euler space, showing which texture components are most likely to grow abnormally. For different models of grain boundary properties applied to a theoretically derived texture, different sets of texture components are predicted to grow; neither model, however, predicts growth of the Goss component.

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